Entry № 6786 · Welsh origin

Mererid Mererid — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ meh-REH-rid /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"Pearl"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Welsh)

A name that means "pearl".

Mererid is the Welsh word for "pearl" — derived from the Greek margaritēs, the same root as Margaret. Used in Welsh-speaking communities.

Mererid Hopwood (born 1964) is the Welsh poet and the first woman to win the Chair at the National Eisteddfod of Wales (2001).

Pearl. The Welsh form of Margaret.

The name in its native script.

Mererid
Transliteration
Mererid
Pronunciation
/ məˈrɛr.ɪd /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mererid stands.

Mererid does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Mererids before her.

Real people
Mererid Hopwood
Welsh poet.
born 1964
In fiction
Mererid
Common in Welsh fiction.

Names connected to Mererid.

The number behind Mererid.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mererid reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.